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Scythosuchus basileus

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Scythosuchus basileus was named by Sennikov (1999). Its type specimen is PIN, no. 1043/144, a set of vertebrae (Fragmentary cervical vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lipovskaya gully (Donskaya Luka), which is in an Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Lipovskaya Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Scythosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Scythosuchus basileus Sennikov

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Rauisuchidae(Huene 1942)
subfamilyRauisuchinae
tribeVjushkovisauriniSennikov 1995
genusScythosuchus
speciesbasileus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Scythosuchus basileus Sennikov 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Olenekian or 249.90000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Volgograd) Scythosuchus basileus (type locality: 27343)